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ISSUE 20 www.salga .org.za THE STATE OF THE NATION + 2017/2018 BUDGET ISSUE 20 NATIONAL CONFERENCE GENDER EQUALITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE + PARTNERSHIPS NEWLY-APPOINTED SALGA PRESIDENT, PARKS TAU TOGETHER WE CAN Cllr Parks Tau (centre), President of SALGA, with partners who entered into partnership with SALGA. TOGETHER WE CAN Councillor Parks Tau, the newly-elected President of SALGA, has called for unity of purpose, cohesion and continuity in local government to address the challenges facing society and respond to their needs. elivering the closing address expertise, knowledge and experience that in ghting side by side with South African, at the South African Local signi cant improvements, growth and Angolan and Namibian freedom ghters Government Association’s transformation can be achieved. for us to attain our freedom. (SALGA) National Conference Councillor Tau’s speech entitled I wish to honour the legacy of our past Don 1 December, Councillor Parks Tau, From global to local – realising spatial chairpersons and leadership who have SALGA President and recently-appointed justice, social cohesion and sustainable built this organisation during the last 20 President of United Cities and Local development is presented below: years and to whom we owe a tremendous Governments (UCLG), stressed that the Allow me to begin by mourning the debt of gratitude. good work done by SALGA in the past passing of the former President of Cuba, It is because of their commitment that needs to be built on. He added that current Commander Fidel Castro, and hereby we have SALGA. I wish to particularly socio-economic conditions make the acknowledge the tremendous sacri ces of honour my predecessor, the Honourable challenges facing local government dif cult the Cuban people, under his leadership, Thabo Manyoni, and the outgoing NEC to surmount and it is only through collective in advancing our cause and in particular for leading the organisation with such unity 6 VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE 20 Cover_Story.indd 6 2017/02/27 3:17 PM NATIONAL CONFERENCE: PRESIDENT OF SALGA Duputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, and newly-elected President of SALGA, Cllr Parks Tau. and cohesion during the last ve years, increased mobility; investments in social including four consecutive clean audits amenities; and massive progress in nancial and averaging more than 90% performance management and institutional resilience. against predetermined objectives; Nevertheless, the current socio- “We must signi cant gains in the policy and legislative economic climate and context of high space; groundbreaking conferences and unemployment (particularly among acknowledge the events; and unprecedented labour stability, the youth), poverty and inequality pose as well as his personal role in leading the particularly steep challenges to our massive progress reuni cation of the UCLG-Africa and his development trajectory and threatens to the sector has support in my campaign for the UCLG erode the gains we have made in many presidency; among many other remarkable areas to date. made over the achievements. Hon Manyoni’s legacy We see the mounting pressure that is unquestionable and will forever be inequality and exclusion is now bringing last 16 years of treasured in our records! to bear on the public system, no more its democratic Delegates, as emphasised by Hon so than at local level, with the cost Manyoni, these gains have been made of living (transport and electricity in life, including the precisely because the NEC focused particular) and the effects of spatial on building unity and cohesion in the injustice becoming an increasing barrier provision of basic collective body of municipalities. to accessing opportunities, development services to so We must learn from their wisdom and and poverty alleviation. Ever-increasing continue our journey in this spirit if we population growth will only require more many more of are to build on the gains made and inspire services and place additional demand on the delivery of basic and quality services, the infrastructure of services, housing and our people.” economic growth and spatial transformation. social facilities. We must acknowledge the massive Therefore unity and cohesion in our progress the sector has made during the last resolve and commitment to work out the SUSTAINABLE AND PEOPLE- 16 years of its democratic life, including solutions using our collective expertise, CENTERED LOCAL GOVERNMENT the provision of basic services to so many knowledge and experience is the only Our vision – sustainable and people- more of our people; the rapid development way we can make signi cant inroads into centred local government – is premised and quality of our infrastructure; the the challenges confronting our people. on continuity (building on the successes ISSUE 20 VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 7 Cover_Story.indd 7 2017/02/27 3:18 PM and good work of the previous NEC) In my view, greater collaboration through developmental mandate and change (new opportunities to joint initiative and partnerships is the • greater scal equity, revenue challenge the status quo). future of connected governance. enhancement and nancial sustainability With regard to continuity, we must keep We need to remind ourselves that the of municipalities up our investment in capacity building vision of our Constitution and White • defending the discretion and right of through the SALGA Centre for Leadership Paper on Local Government is of a strong municipalities to govern the affairs and Governance through professionalism; local government, supported by a rm of their communities on their own labour, peace and stability based on service subsidiarity principle and original powers. initiative, within the ambit of norms and standards; governance support and advice; This required local government standards parameters. as well as proling. capability to be built by continuous Recalling the spirit of the White Paper (systemic) support from national and on Local Government, we believe that provincial government, which has we need to close the gap between current unfortunately not happened systemically reality and the sustainability we want, by or with any level of consistency. Greater inspiring spatial transformation, economic During our term, we will, therefore, collaboration growth and sustainability through: focus on SALGA’s role as protector to • good governance and resilient enforce the rights of local government far through joint institutions, nancial sustainability more robustly, and constructively disrupt • universal access to and quality of (in a positive sense) where the existing initiatives and services and infrastructure overall system (legislative, scal, policy, • improving the quality of life and access institutional) makes it impossible for local partnerships is the to opportunities government to deliver on its mandate. future of connected To do so, we will strengthen SALGA’s Above all else, this will require role as an advocate for local government, governance. collaboration and building strategic and by positioning local government at the global partnerships for development centre of our cooperative governance through the UCLG and widening our system, through: We must consolidate unity and cohesion partnership network, learning with • progressive policy and legislative of the local government agenda under cities and regions of the world. We must and regulatory reforms to ensure the leadership of SALGA, with relevant unlock barriers for our members through a more conducive framework for players executing specically assigned partnerships, negotiation and facilitation. local government to execute the mandates within a broadly canvassed and agreed collaborative programme. In summary, we must become organised local government speaking with one coherent voice and acting in unison. This conference has reafrmed our call for strategic alliances with civil society and the mobilisation of private sector investment for our people’s development. It has also reiterated the importance of greater partnerships and collaboration with various bodies and development partners, within the context of resource mobilisation for critical programmes. A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD At the same time, the world is in a constant state of ux, with globalisation resulting in a similar and common experiences. In this shift, local issues are assuming a global character, with developmental challenges that are no longer just the experience of developing Delegates at the SALGA nations. These include climate and national conference. environmental challenges as well as social 8 VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE 20 Cover_Story.indd 8 2017/02/27 3:18 PM NATIONAL CONFERENCE: PRESIDENT OF SALGA this conference, knowing that much work needs to be done with urgency to eradicate the scourge – too many of our people are still af icted – we dare not fail them! Our task is to support local government to respond to the complex and rapid changes of the 21st century. Cllr Parks Tau delivering his address at the SALGA national conference. A COMMITTED PARTNER I wish to thank all of our valued inequalities emanating from increased paradigm, therefore, requires new stakeholders and partners for their migration and urbanisation. and innovative thinking, supported by continued commitment to strengthening We need to remind ourselves of responsive institutions and appropriate local government and ensuring that lessons learnt on the failure to reach means of implementation. we deliver on our constitutional
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